Police search for a suspect after two Jacinto City police officers were shot Wednesday evening in the 10400 block of Oswego in east Harris County.

Police search for a suspect after two Jacinto City police officers were shot Wednesday evening in the 10400 block of Oswego in east Harris County.

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Picture of Edgar Cuellar, a suspect in the shooting of two Jacinto City Police Officers. He is still on the loose as of 9:15 Wednesday night. Photo provided by Jacinto City PD.

Picture of Edgar Cuellar, a suspect in the shooting of two Jacinto City Police Officers. He is still on the loose as of 9:15 Wednesday night. Photo provided by Jacinto City PD.

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Update: KTRKand KPRCreported early Thursday that the teen suspect, Edgar Omar Cuellar, was taken into custody after a gunfight with officers. SWAT officers found Cuellar in a home's bathroom, and shots rang out, KTRK says. He was hit twice and reportedly taken to Ben Taub Hospital. KPRC reports his injuries appear to be non-life-threatening.

Earlier report

Two Jacinto City Police Department officers are recovering at hospitals after they were shot Wednesday while trying to question a teen who opened fire on them, officials said.

Authorities, including SWAT crews, K-9 officers and helicopter teams were looking for the 17-year-old late Wednesday, hours after the shooting.

Walker was taken by air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Castenada was taken to LBJ Hospital, but was expected to be transferred to Memorial Hermann, Ayala said. Late Wednesday, Walker was in fair condition and Castenada was described as stable.

The officers, both investigators at the department, were going to a home in the 10400 block of N. Oswego to question the teen, identified as Edgar Omar Cuellar, about a deadly conduct call.

In that incident, reported days ago, the police chief said someone was "walking back and forth" in the area and had reportedly fired a pistol at least four times.

Police had looked for the teen earlier Wednesday, Ayala said, but he was gone when officers arrived.

On Wednesday night, the officers got to the home about 6:15 p.m.

"He knew they were looking for him," Ayala said.

The officers were told that the teen was trying to kill himself, the chief said.

The family was holding the teen down as police arrived. They did not think he was armed, Ayala said, but when police arrived he pulled a pistol from his waistband and started shooting.

Heavily armed SWAT and K-9 officers spent hours making house-to-house searches throughout the area. A Houston Police Department helicopter circled the area while searching for Cuellar, who police said might still be carrying a weapon.

The officer-involved shooting case will likely be investigated by the Harris County Sheriff's Office.